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The 2015 Tri-2-Beat Cancer Triathlon (Sprint)

posted on : August 25, 2015 posted by : Brittanie 0 Comment

Wooooo!!!!! That is where I’ll start. This weekend was insanity.  I ordered a new tri kit from Coeur Sports which arrived on Thursday before the race.  Talk about cutting it close. THEN, (Major TMI Warning) the ::ahem:: lady ::ahem:: came to visit me for the first time since…

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My First Triathlon Season’s End – Bittersweet

posted on : November 12, 2013 0 Comment

My very first triathlon season came to a bittersweet end this weekend with the finish of the Miami Man International Triathlon in Miami, Florida. As always, it was a whirlwind of a year between flat tires, injuries, weather setbacks, and training difficulties.  I can honestly say I’ve experienced…

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The Giant Acorn Sprint Triathlon

posted on : September 28, 2013 0 Comment

Another sprint triathlon in the bag! Today was the Giant Acorn Sprint Triathlon, held at Lake Anna State Park in Virginia.  It was an absolutely gorgeous venue with a lake swim out and back, a rolling hill bike, and a trail-road one loop run. Nathan had an event he…

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International Distance Complete!

posted on : August 19, 2013 0 Comment

In my last post, I had discussed the probability of dropping from the international distance to the sprint distance at the Luray Triathlon this past weekend.  Of course, a few good friends of ours let us know they were having their housewarming on Saturday afternoon, which left us trying to…

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Sports,Triathlon,Triathlon Training

Custis Crash

posted on : July 30, 2013 0 Comment

As you may have noticed from the title of this post, I was recently involved in a pretty terrifying bicycle accident.  I’ve been training pretty aggressively, and I’ve put about 250 miles on my new bike since I got it in April.  Four months of riding…

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Pohanka Nissan/Hyundai – YMCA Colonial Beach Sprint Triathlon 2013

posted on : July 15, 2013 1 Comment

The Pohanka Nissan/Hyundai – YMCA Colonial Beach Sprint Triathlon was held this past weekend, on Saturday July 13th in Colonial Beach, VA. The start was at 6:50AM, so we had to leave home in Arlington at around 4:30am (way too early for this!). Nathan and I entered…

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Naylor’s Beach Sprint Triathlon

posted on : June 3, 2013 0 Comment

Yesterday I achieved another goal – I completed a sprint triathlon and became a triathlete. This goal was not easy to come by, and it did not go smoothly.  There were days before the race I just couldn’t train anymore, and a lot of mentally frustrating workouts.  My…

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Family,Running,Tristan

The TJHSST Pi-Miler

posted on : March 17, 2013 0 Comment

Saturday morning my brother and I braved the threat of terrible weather to run the 3rd Annual Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Pi-Miler!  The run was 3.14 miles (hence the name), and consisted of a loop through the nearby neighborhoods of TJ.  I needed a…

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Staunton, BBQ, Races, & Snow Days

posted on : March 8, 2013 0 Comment

Whew, the last two weeks have been yet another whirlwind in the life of the Goldsmith family!  Nathan and I have been very busy getting things together, trying to organize our living space to a state of comfort, and planning trips to take in the next few months. Learning the…

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Showers, Color, and Skins!

posted on : September 10, 2012 0 Comment

This past weekend was jam-packed. Saturday Nathan, mom, and I drove down to Charlottesville for a wedding shower at his family’s church.  We had a fabulous time, and everyone was so very generous to us!  It was a little hard, because I didn’t know very…

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